2015 Parents Weekend Schedule - Update
2015 Parents Weekend Schedule (Updated 27 Aug 2015)
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American Merchant Marine Museum Reopens – World War II Japanese Surrender Sword Analyzed by Metropolitan Museum of Art Expert
The American Merchant Marine Museum at the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) at Kings Point reopens to the public, Tuesday, September 1, after renovations. A core artifact of the museum’s collection, a Japanese samurai sword presented by Gen. Douglas MacArthur to the Academy in 1945...
USMMA Command Inspection
Fingers sweeping for dust. Eyes peering into drawers and closets. Plebes trembling at attention. These were common themes at last Saturday’s U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) Command Inspection, in which members of the Regimental staff and guests examined more than 600...
USMMA Hosts Record Breaking Blood Drive
KINGS POINT, N.Y., - August 18, 2015. The United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) at Kings Point held its first blood drive of 2014 yesterday, breaking the Academy’s previous donation record by 100 units.
USMMA, in partnership with Long Island Blood Services, hosts three blood drives...
USMMA Community Remembers CAPT Baumgart
Friends, colleagues and midshipmen of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) at Kings Point held a memorial service yesterday, remembering and honoring CAPT Elwood Charles Baumgart, USMS, Professor in the Department of Engineering, who died on July 31. He was remembered not only as a...
USMMA Cadets Serve on Navy's first Afloat Forward Staging Base
KINGS POINT, N.Y., August 14, 2015 – Three U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) Cadets are sailing on the Navy's first Afloat Forward Staging Base (AFSB) variant of the Mobile Landing Platform (MLP).
As part of their Sea Year, Deck Cadet Leighton-Joshua Flores, Engine Cadet Patricia Ormond...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx’s USMMA Academic Convocation speech, KINGS POINT, N.Y., July 24, 2015
U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx’s USMMA Academic Convocation speech, KINGS POINT, N.Y., July 24, 2015
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Memorial Service for Captain Elwood Baumgart
There will be a memorial service for Captain Elwood Baumgart on Monday, August 17 at 1100 in the Mariner’s Memorial Chapel. For midshipmen and USMS personnel, the uniform will be khakis; all others in appropriate civilian attire. All Kings Point community members are invited to attend.